I saw that one. Its cute as all Shiranui figs should be but its a boring swimsuit figure >_
I like my figurines to be more interesting. I am a discerning figurine connoisseur.
Just finished Fate Zero
Wow, what a ride, enjoyed it from start to finish. If you spell out what it is about it all it sounds so very silly but dammit it was compelling animation.
The story sucks you in and the art is gorgeous.
Pretty bleak ending - was not expecting that.
Should be releasing in Sept or October, Funimation mentioned it in a convention question recently.
Yeah they said Sept or October at Anime Boston I believe.
Then there is little more I can show you except for SEGA UFO Catcher prizes, or garage-kits shown at WF not so well accomplished, I think. Sorry!I saw that one. Its cute as all Shiranui figs should be but its a boring swimsuit figure >_
I like my figurines to be more interesting. I am a discerning figurine connoisseur.
Then there is little more I can show you except for SEGA UFO Catcher prizes or garage-kits shown at WF not so well accomplished, I think. Sorry!
It says 17 cm.That Sega one is cuuuuute but probably not very big. I wish Alter or GSC would make one.
I have this really weird urge to watch K-ON!! But I'm scared. I don't know how I'll feel watching the episode, and I feel any negative opinion I might have (considering it's overwhelmingly positive popularity) will end up getting any opinion I have of all anime invalid.
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
I have this really weird urge to watch K-ON!! But I'm scared. I don't know how I'll feel watching the episode, and I feel any negative opinion I might have (considering it's overwhelmingly positive popularity) will end up getting any opinion I have of all anime invalid.
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
I have this really weird urge to watch K-ON!! But I'm scared. I don't know how I'll feel watching the episode, and I feel any negative opinion I might have (considering it's overwhelmingly positive popularity) will end up getting any opinion I have of all anime invalid.
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
So a Girls Und Panzer assembly kit arrived today.
I don't know what I'm doing...
Second season? Have you watched the first one?
I don't know why you'd get worked up about a show that really amounts to just watching four/five girls going to school and not playing music for 40ish episodes. lol
Exactly. And yet the show has it's own community thread here. So there must be something enjoyable in it.
I have this really weird urge to watch K-ON!! But I'm scared. I don't know how I'll feel watching the episode, and I feel any negative opinion I might have (considering it's overwhelmingly positive popularity) will end up getting any opinion I have of all anime invalid.
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
You're completely right even if SAO is hardly an outlier in this area.
I really don't know why you're so determined to think that the fact that "it's just a game" shouldn't make all the difference. If Kirito was hesitating about PKing even though this is just a game and he has more important things to worry about, that's what I'd call awkward writing.
Unending trauma? Really? I don't think so. Sure, it's more dangerous than real life, but even that isn't going to seem hugely traumatic if you've been doing it every day for two whole years. If Kirito was the kind of person to be deeply traumatised by the idea of fighting monsters that could kill him, he would never have become a front-line player of his own accord. He always had the option of just settling down in a town and not putting his life in danger. He chose to pursue the dangerous life. That above all shows that, even at the beginning, he didn't find it super-traumatic. After two whole years to get used to it, he's not going to be mentally broken.
Then you say the way it ended was traumatic, but was it really? The most traumatic part would have been when Kirito, but even that was a possibility Kirito was ready to face willingly, and it became clear almost immediately afterwards thatthought he was going to die, at the very end when Heathcliff emptied his HP.he wasn't dying after all
The suddenness of the ending? Probably wasn't all that sudden from Kirito's point of view, since he'd. Sure, he couldn't have known thatsuspected Heathcliff ever since their duel, and ultimately brought about the whole thing himselfwould actually lead to the game ending, but he could see it was a possibility, and imagine any number of much worse outcomes, so he was ready for that when it happened, I think.confronting Heathcliff
You say that there was"no explanation" from Kayaba, as though the ending of SAO was completely inconclusive and unsatisfying,
but regardless of how you may see it, it's extremely clear that Kirito did get a sense of closure from that final conversation as Aincrad collapsed.
You focus in on Kayaba's statement that he "doesn't really know" why he did it, while ignoring the fact that he still gave an explanation that made it clear what his motivations were.
And perhaps most importantly, your final point, that he had a wife and child in SAO who have been ripped away from him. Yes, this one is legitimately traumatic and clearly weighing heavily on his mind. It's why he initially seems to be very "out of it", before he finds a hint to finding Asuna. But this "trauma" actually has a positive effect on him in ALO, because the hope of finding Asuna acts as a powerful driving force to adjust to this new world and take action there. That kind of trauma isn't going to make him hesitate about PKing; it's going to do the exact opposite.
I really don't see why any of this is as inconsistent or strange as you seem determined to think.
Second season? What are you...oh. The second season is marked with two exclamations instead of one? Well that's not confusing at all.
I've never watched anything K-ON! related. Haven't heard a single song, haven't watched a single episode.
Exactly. And yet the show has it's own community thread here. So there must be something enjoyable in it.
This seasons Naruto Shippuden ED - I Can Hear - DISH is one my favorite this season and the full version too. Otherwise, I think its really just three or so ops and ed that I think are fairly good and worth listening to again after the season finishes. (Genesis Aria - Arata The Legend, (OP), Yukitoki - Nagi Yanagi - (Yahari OP), Reason - Kamiya - Karneval ED, BE - Devil Survivor 2 ED)
Daryl Surat is dead to me.It's doing stuff that I haven't seen in a couple decades in terms of character movement.
It says 17 cm.
I have this really weird urge to watch K-ON!! But I'm scared. I don't know how I'll feel watching the episode, and I feel any negative opinion I might have (considering it's overwhelmingly positive popularity) will end up getting any opinion I have of all anime invalid.
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
Like everything!
Just watch it expecting something generally fun and pleasant and you'll probably be fine. But it's not like you'll be fed to the dogs if you don't like it.
Just finished Fate Zero
Wow, what a ride, enjoyed it from start to finish. If you spell out what it is about it all it sounds so very silly but dammit it was compelling animation.
The story sucks you in and the art is gorgeous.
Pretty bleak ending - was not expecting that.
By everything you mean nothing, no?
I don't know if I've seen a more perfect GIF to summarize this show. Everything you need to know about everyone's personality right there.
Second season? What are you...oh. The second season is marked with two exclamations instead of one? Well that's not confusing at all.
Exactly. And yet the show has it's own community thread here. So there must be something enjoyable in it.
By everything you mean nothing, no?
I don't know if I've seen a more perfect GIF to summarize this show. Everything you need to know about everyone's personality right there.
I don't know if I've seen a more perfect GIF to summarize this show. Everything you need to know about everyone's personality right there.
I don't know if I've seen a more perfect GIF to summarize this show. Everything you need to know about everyone's personality right there.
Chet Rippo is easily exasperated by the hijinks of anime GAF.
Ronald Reagan is not a crook.
That girl is trying to do CPR on Chet's knees.
Blondes are dumb and stare into space while things happen around them.
Nailed it.
That was Nixon, dude.Chet Rippo is easily exasperated by the hijinks of anime GAF.
Ronald Reagan is not a crook.
That girl is trying to do CPR on Chet's knees.
Blondes are dumb and stare into space while things happen around them.
Nailed it.
Yeah, something like that.Chet Rippo is easily exasperated by the hijinks of anime GAF.
Ronald Reagan is not a crook.
That girl is trying to do CPR on Chet's knees.
Blondes are dumb and stare into space while things happen around them.
Nailed it.
In unrelated news I started going on dates with a girl who looks like Mugi. Eyebrows and everything. (she's caucasian)
hahahahaha FUCK NOI thought you, Kayos90, and Articalys would be mod material.
Yeah, something like that.
Mugi is Caucasian, well half anyways.
The best thing about K-On is drum n bass.
SDBurton knows what Im talkin bout.
Second season? What are you...oh. The second season is marked with two exclamations instead of one? Well that's not confusing at all.
I've never watched anything K-ON! related. Haven't heard a single song, haven't watched a single episode.
Exactly. And yet the show has it's own community thread here. So there must be something enjoyable in it.
By everything you mean nothing, no?
Just to throw it out there, here's how I summarize moe anime.
I think a well done anime is like a delicious cake. It's sweet, and it's filled to the brim with just a good taste. But for a cake to be good, it has to have all the right ingredients. In this case, story, animation, writing, etc. MOE characters are the icing on the cake.
But with moe anime, they throw all of that away and just give you a bowl full of icing. That's not to say a bowl full of icing won't taste good every now and then, but you don't see people ordering bowls of icing at fancy restaurants do you?
So before you recommend a moe anime to someone who asks for a good anime, just remember what the person asked you. Did he ask for a well made cake? Or did he ask for bowl full of icing?